“He kept us in the game,” said Canadiens’ captain Brian Gionta. “He’s the reason why we’re able to steal a point out of that game.”

Coach Michel Therrien called it a great performance by Price. But that was the only effusive praise from Therrien in his post-game press conference.

“We didn’t compete hard enough to get success for two periods,” he said. “And Carey gave us a chance to stick in the game. I thought we were a little bit better in the third before we took those two penalties. But to be able to score some goals you’ve got to compete and skate. And this is not what we did honestly for two periods.”

“We created some momentum in the third because we had more urgency in our game. But I’m not impressed,” Therrien added.

The other team skated and won the battles along the boards, Therrien said.

“(It’s) not a secret. When you don’t skate and and you don’t compete for the puck it’s hard to have success.”

The Canadiens were out shot 45-29. In the second period, the Lightning out shot the Habs 13-5.

After his sensational performance, Price was characteristically modest.

“We probably blocked a lot of shots, too,” Price said.

“I don’t really recall many big saves I had to make,” he added. “Our guys did a pretty good job of letting them shoot from the outside.”

I’m surprised your comment got modded. You were just being critical of the team. They deserve to be criticized. Especially the older veterans that are suppose to provide the leadership. Many of our ‘leaders’ put in gutless efforts on a consistent basis. I guess we are all expected to be sheep and just be grateful they are on the team we love.

Millionaire athletes not giving 110% each & every game is a disgrace. I wish the players just STFU & say nothing at the post game. “we didn’t compete, we were flat, we didn’t show up, blah blah blah””.
Thank You Carey Price. The only bright spot on that pathetic team effort.

This is for those Price haters.
This is the Price we’ve always had. He didn’t have to bail out the team last season because we actually scored goals. He’s a lot better this year but he has always been good. Now that we are not getting any goals you see how important he is, keeping us in games and stealing points.
Without Price, wtf kind of team are we? We’d be almost as bad as the Oilers. PK, Price, the EGGs – everyone else is an asset that can be traded.